At the second break of the day, only 22 players of the returning 73 remain. Blake Battaglia, who entered the day seventh in chips, is now first in chips with a sizable lead. He has 940,000.
Some notables to bust out in the 51 eliminations so far include Edmund Capangpangan (69th for $683), Brian McDaniel (64th for $683), Tom Hammers (52nd for $836), Ed Dixon (46th for $836), John Schray (40th for $952 plus the $4,000 DQ bonus), Todd Carr (39th for $952 plus $2,000 DQ bonus), David Gutfreund (27th for $1,335), and Brian Hou (23rd for $1,335 plus $2,000 DQ bonus).
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